Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner
We here at People You’ll See In Hell would like to take this opportunity to tell Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner, who have just filed a lawsuit against their dead daughter’s friends:
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
If a person lives their life focusing on one thing, without regard for moderation or self-control, you can expect that thing to eventually turn around and bite that person on the ass.
Take their daughter – 21-year-old Amanda Jax – for example.
Before it was deleted, Amanda Jax’s MySpace page heralded her love of drinking.
According to her MySpace postings:
I am a Junior at MSU-Mankato and plan on majoring in nursing…if I ever decide to stop drinking! I party way too much. My drink of choice is Watermelon Vodka mixed with Sprite Zero. I love my friends and enjoy every minute we spend together…even if I can’t always remember what the fuck we did or even talked about. Also, I’m addicted to Beer Pong and Tippy Cup. I do have to give a shout out to Hannah, however! What would I do without our drunken nights of singing out on the balcony to everyone that passes by or making up “sex positions” lists. WOW! We’ve had some GREAT nights. I’m a very outgoing and social person. I love people and try to respect everyone, even if I don’t always agree with their views. I’m easy to get along with and am VERY forgiving.
Yes, this is a typical MySpace “About Me” section for young adults. And yes, young adults are known for their stupidity, especially in regards to alcohol.
But while Amanda Jax may have “loved people and respected everyone,” she didn’t respect other people enough to stay off the road while she was drunk. According to her criminal history, Amanda Jax was convicted of drunken driving – twice. And this was before she was 21, before she was legally able to drink.
And of course, if you go by the standard rule of thumb, Amanda Jax probably got behind the wheel while drunk about 10 times before she was finally caught.
So Amanda Jax was no innocent girl, swept up into a college party culture against her will. She was an active, dedicated drinker.
Especially on the night of her 21st birthday, which was on the 30th of October, 2007.
As you can imagine, Amanda Jax and some of her friends went out to get really, really drunk.
And while this scenario is no different from thousands of other 21st-birthday celebrations at colleges across the United States, after two or three beers, a pitcher of Long Island Iced Tea, five shots of hard alcohol, two more beers, a Cherry Bomb and a blood alcohol level of .46 percent, Amanda Jax’s body, which had been stressed by an eating disorder, decided to go on strike.
Amanda Jax actually passed out at the bar, after which, at about 15 minutes past midnight, her friends took her to a friend’s apartment and put her to bed. They even checked her out a few minutes after that, which was sensible since Amanda Jax had already thrown up twice that night. A friend positioned Amanda onto her left side and left the girl alone to sleep it off.
When you consider that there are many, many people out there who would take advantage of a friend in a drunken stupor by writing on their face with a sharpie, or leaving them in a compromising position and taking pictures for blackmail purposes, you’d think that Amanda Jax was actually pretty lucky to have friends that would just put her to bed.
But Amanda Jax died of alcohol poisoning that night.
Her friends, unable to wake her up the next morning, called 911 for the former nursing student.
Ok, we know what you’re probably thinking.
You’re probably thinking, “That’s very sad, but why is this story on People You’ll See In Hell?”
Well, Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner have decided to capitalize on their daughter’s misfortune by suing anyone and everyone that they can think of that could be even remotely considered involved in Amanda Jax’s death.
Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner are suing:
Blattner Enterprises Inc., which is the company that owned the Sidelines Bar and Grill in Mankato which sold Amanda Jax her final drinks.
Hannah M. Becker, a roommate of Amanda Jax and one her better friends, who made the mistake of ordering a long-island ice tea for Amanda Jax.
Kathryn A. Lensing, another roommate and friend who gave Amanda a few beers at their apartment before everyone went out to the bars that night.
Richard T. Johnson, a friend who shared a pitcher of beer with Amanda Jax.
Jonathan R. McIntyre, another friend who bought Amanda Jax a birthday shot and who troubled himself to carry her to a couch after she had passed out.
David Kvalsten, yet another friend who bought Amanda Jax two or three shots.
And, of course, Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner are suing the bonding company that provided the bond used by Blattner Enterprises to secure a liquor license for Sidelines Bar and Grill.
Jenny Haag didn’t hesitate to go to the press for her minute in the sun. She made several statements:
If somebody would’ve just helped Amanda, taken her to the hospital, called 911, her death could’ve been prevented. I just wish they would’ve done something.
Of course, if Amanda Jax had shown one iota of personal responsibility, that could have prevented her death as well.
I’m not going to say she didn’t drink. But I just don’t think it’s the hundreds of times they said.
No, because two DUI’s and a MySpace page that admitted she was addicted to drinking games and the freedom that accompanies getting yourself liquored up wouldn’t indicate that she had a problem, knew about it, yet chose to continue down that path.
Do you know how much 0.46 is? I can’t imagine she was making a rational choice after a certain point.
Yes, we know how much .46 is. And Amanda Jax, who was no stranger to drinking, poured the drinks down her own throat.
Jenny Haag’s lawyer, Alan Milavetz, has stated:
The message is that if you go out with your friends and you actively contribute to their intoxication and something bad happens you can be responsible for it.
Personal responsibility is dying, folks, and lawsuits by greedy individuals such as Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner who refuse to admit that their precious snowflake made her own bad decisions aren’t helping. If they were so concerned with making sure that this kind of thing never happened to anyone else, why not work with MADD or one of the other organizations that dedicates themselves to keeping drunks from hurting anyone other than themselves? Hell, volunteer to speak at local high schools about the dangers of binge drinking, or collect donations for a memorial outside the college warning students that they are not immortal.
Don’t do the predictable money grab.
On the 25th of February, 2008, the Mankato City Council decided to take away Sidelines’ liquor license. The bar has been closed and has lost its lease.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see future legislation disallowing the purchase of drinks for other people.
Do Jenny Haag and Kenneth Sterner deserve Hell?
- Yes - their greed is unbelievable (80%, 209 Votes)
- No - they just want to make sure this never happens to anyone else (16%, 41 Votes)
- Amanda Jax's friends deserve Hell (4%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 262
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52 Comments »
That’s terrible. No wonder Amanda had no sense of responsibility, look at what pathetic excuses she had for role models. Her friends were not her babysitters and it’s not their fault she died.
I am hoping these frivolous lawsuits will be thrown in the trash where they belong. Shame on these parents for wasting everyone’s time.
sorry, but she was responsible for her own death. Nobody forced her to take all those drinks, just like nobody forced her to drive drunk twice(that we know of). I can recall many times we put our drunken friends to bed after they’ve passed out. I imagine her friends simply thought she would wake up the next morning with a hangover from hell. Sorry to say to the parents but she made her own choices, sad that ended up in her death but in the end, it was her choice, and her choice alone.
You have GOT to be kidding me. I think I’ll go get me a schyster lawyer and sue somebody. Oh wait. I can’t figure out who to sue. Could it be my friends who bought me some beers the other night? Nope, I didn’t drive drunk or pass or DIE from drinking too much. I wonder why. Oh yeah, I’m responsible for my own actions and I didn’t drink myself to death. This is unbelievable. I can understand that these parents are upset by the death of their daughter, but c’mon people. They should have thought about that before and tried to help her with her drinking. There is this thing called INTERVENTION. People do it for their loved ones all the time. If any of my sons ever put that kind of stuff on their MySpace pages, I would definitely have to step in and say something or do something. But suing her friends? Sheesh.
Wow. I’ve been reading this site forever and never thought my own town would make an appearance.
Obviously, being from Mankato, I’ve followed this story pretty closely and I couldn’t agree more that her parents’ reaction is horrible. Why are they not considering themselves equally responsible for not getting her help after her DUI convictions.
Also, I don’t understand their logic. She was too drunk to be responsible for herself, yet that fact that her friends – who were also drinking, mind you – doesn’t matter. THEY should have been able to reason through thier own drunken stupor where their daugher could not. Bunch of crap.
Can we send their lawyer to hell as well?
I am sure that he is not doing this as a “public service” (I am sure that he’s got his eyes on his 33% to 40%).
I’d like to know more about Amanda – how much did her parents really love and care for her?
Were they over protective and their little girl just went wild once out the door?
Was she a drinker for a long time but they refused to seethe truth?
Or has she always been a PITA (Pain In The Ass) and now she’s a Pot Of Gold?
Since this is NOT an isolated incident, Amanda had a clue and decided to push her luck yet again. This time she lost; death has a funny habbit of not granting second chances.
I really really hope either her parents see the light and drop this suit, or a judge throws it out. Amanda was not a child and, as PYSIH points out, she did this all to herself. Her parents are just looking to blame anyone but their daughter (for drinking so much) and themselves (for raising her up to do that).
Amanda’s death could still mean something — it could be a cautionary tale for binge drinkers. It doesn’t have to be just another “stupid lawsuit” story.
Unfortunately that is what the predominate altitude of today’s culture, nothing is ever your own fault, find someone else to blame AND SUE for your own stupid decisions.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s sad that she died, but I seriously don’t think her friends held a gun to her head and forced her to drink.
Her parents are disgusting!!
Oh shit – my wallet is empty and I am too lazy to go to the ATM.
Can I hire this lawyer and sue Kdogg for the mental damage, defmation and public humilation I have suffered in the last post?
He or she disagreed with me! After reading this post I now am enlightened to the fact that such is worth some sort of reparations and / or compensation!
Hey admin _ can add you to the list for facilitating such public humilation.
Oh I am also going to sue you admin for allowing me to misspell a word in the last sentence, because I can not bear the fact that people know that I do not know how to spell and it’s all your fault Admin for not putting a spell checker in. And emtional distress – it’s gotta be obvious because of the way the last sentence was such a run on.
Hey if my lawyer is good enough, I may never have to work again!
And if you shut down this site for such a dumb reason as bankruptcy, I’ll sue you for making my life devoid of purpose because I have found my life’s purpose in posting to this site.
Is there any lawyer who sees this as crossing the $1,000,000 mark?
Any of you think that I can get admin or kdogg $10 for lunch?
I don’t wangt to be responsible for myself anymore – all I do is bust my ass to pay my tab and find out that 40% of my efforts are given to someone else who does not want to pull their own weight!
Fred, I’m too poor to be sued:( Another note, she was apprently too drunk to know how sick she was but her friends who were probably equally drunk were? Were her friends responsible for her two duis as well? They must have given her the drinks and gave her keys to her car as well. As I said before, she could have refused any of the drinks. She didn’t and died for it.
These people make me sick. Fred, get $20 and take me to lunch with you. I’m hungry. hahahahahah. I’m a cheap date too. :P
kim, I’m upset you asked fred out to lunch and not me. I’m suing you for emotional distress and the blow to my ego.
Oh please don’t sue me and take all my worldy belongings. You would only get about $50 worth of stuff, so let’s make a deal. You don’t sue me and we can all go to lunch together. hahahha. By the way, no need to fight over me. Plenty to go around. hahahahhahaha.
After we all sue eachother and the lawyers run off with all our money, we can all go on welfare and our Uncle Sam will buy us all lunch!
Kim – let’s see if I can get “Colonel Sanders” fired up. If he’s got enough still left in him, we can live like a King & Queen (welfare) with our 7 children, otherwise, being over 40, I could file for disability and we could live the Great White (Trash) Dream!
The Colonel Sanders name comes from Space Balls…
wooohoooooo…that’s all I’ve ever wanted, to live the Great White (Trash) Dream!! Ever since I was a little bitty girl running around outside in a dirty diaper. hahahahha. too funny. Hey, I remember Space Balls. :P Can we have 8 kids?!?
Would Amanda have bough her friends drinks at their 21st B-Day parties? Probably.
these people make me sick. it’s not her friends fault that she was an idiotic alcoholic. they should be given a medal! think about all the drunken crap they probably had to put up with from her!
As a mother, I couldn’t imagine money being something on my mind after the passing of one of my children. I can understand the need to place blame on someone other then their daughter, but they are just being greedy. You should not use a child’s death as a way to fill your pockets!
I hear ya. As a mother, I would be angry and wanting to blame someone, but I wouldn’t want to sue my daughter’s friends. I’m sure they are upset enough, and then to add this would be inhumane.
Why aren’t they suing the estate of Amanda Jax?
first thing: you know it can’t be any good when, mom, dad and daughter all have DIFFERENT last names.
as far as if they win any of the suits, how much you wanna bet they’ll celebrate with a drink???
Kim…you’re not gonna give me any love? Just KDogg and Fred? What’s with that :-( ha ha, just kiding.
Sorry, Britt!! Of course I’ll give you love!! muahhhhhh!! How’s that? Of course you know, we can’t have 7 or 8 kids together but we sure could do some KFC. hahahha.
Britt – you can join us! The more the merrier. We could all have a family like this – with more last names than first names!
Just think we could get rid of that ols fashioned idea of a family tree and replace is with something more modern – the family schematic diagram!
Today so many “family trees” look more like a New York City subway map!
Kim – Well since we can’t have a shit load of kids together, we don’t have to worry about beating them for peeing in the bed or crying too loud. That’s a good thing.
Fred – Man, have you not the got Lesbian memo? ha ha.
Un-freaking-believable.
I don’t blame the parents entirely. They have to blame someone. Unfortunately they should have thrown some righteous indignation around after her first DUI, but that’s neither here nor there. The lawyers should be taken out and publicly flogged for allowing what has to be the mother of all frivilous lawsuits to be filed. Consider the bar owner whose only mistake was being open on this child’s birthday. Consider the people who now will spend a substantial amount of time and probably their college tuition on litigation for making the mistake of befriending this obviously unstable, irresponsible kid who had equally unstable and irresponsible parents. We’re going to hell in a handbasket, folks. The proof is in the fact that rather than use their daughter’s death as tool to demonstrate the consequences of high risk behavior and substance abuse, these “parents” have chosen to compound the tragedy by destroying everyone around them. Lovely.
Kim – only if the Colonel is “up” to it!
I am a bit of a Monk fan as well – can we make it 10? I figuer if we divide the upper and lower floors of the garage 6 upper, 4 lower, the cashcows oops) children will have plenty of space to live in without disturbing us at the house for food, the use of the bathroom, etc – they’ll have all that right outside the garage – I live neatr a river, so they have a potty down stream and a source of water an dfood upstream! What more could they want? Heat – shit there 9 – 15 hours of sunlight – they should be able to get enough heat in that time for the night!
Hmmm…10. That is sure a lot of kids to be popping out. I guess we’ll have to see. Yep, 9-15 hours of sunlight and all those bodies should keep the little buggers warm. hahahhaha. LMAO@cashcows. Fred is too funny!!!
Wow, that is pretty dumb. This girl took her own shots, she should know her own limit.
When you’re an alcoholic, you don’t have limits.
Admin- I’m getting really sick of having to fill out my info EVERY SINGLE POST. UGH!!!
This morning on the way to work I was listening to a different station, and they were talking about a guy going to jail in my state of CT because he tried to strangle his wife with a pair of her underwaer.
But because he was unsuccessful, they wanted to know does he have the right to sue the cpmpany that makes the elastic for the underwaer because it failed to perform?
If the eleastic was of proper quality, he may have been able to kill his wife and as such there would be one less witness. Or does the underwear company liable because they did not state that the eleastic was not the proper grade as to perform strangulation?
If anybody entertains these questions beyond what they are intended for – entertainment, then this world IS hell in a handbasket & it’s only a matter of time before the fires burn through that.
I’ll bet that this will be the last time God gives free reign to anything that is less than perfect!
Yeah, well, I tried to stab somebody but the knife blade broke. I guess I’ll have to sue the knife company because their blades are far below my standards. How can I kill somebody if my weapon isn’t made right? Geez. It just gets better and better.
Ha! There was a case in either Oklahoma or Texas I think where a man broke into some couple’s house tripped over something in the floor and broke a bone. Then he sued the couple and won.
Fucking wankers
sorry parents, but your children are not angels when you are not around. Hell, most of you let your kids do what they want even when you are around. I say you not as a litteral, I mean the PYSIH readers are outstanding parents, every one of you, I say you and the two mentioned here and the several I have seen myself. You have to be active in your kids lives if you want to prevent this. It was their daughters 21st birthday, a big day…where were they? My parents were at mine and my dad bought me my first drink! I voted Hell, but they need a wake up call first! I totally agree with you about what they should be doing, not what they are doing. Donate to MADD, do talks about your daughter and her problems and how her drinking destroyed not just her life but the lives of her friends and family.
Oh wow, I know MY kids aren’t angels when I’m not around. I bet they are really bad when Momma ain’t nowhere near. I don’t exactly know what you are saying here, Kenny. hahahha. I was on my own at my 21st birthday. I didn’t kill myself or anybody else, though. Neither have my kids. Thank goodness.
this stip young WOMAN chose her self indulgent lifestyle AND put innocent livesat risks with driving while drunk. what a stupid bitch. i hesitate to say this but im glad shes gone before killed some innocent driver. one less drunk in the world, how sad her choices.
Maybe instead of suing everyone these two should figure out where they failed as parents, because they did- miserably… this girl was responsible for herself and this lawsuit is completely frivolous, I cant believe these parents are even going to waste the courts time… I didn’t know you could force someone to be an alcoholic? strange…. hmm…..
Hmm. This is different. I am in my early 20′s and I spend most of my weekends out with my friends, drinking. Drinking pretty heavily in fact. I’ve never had one of my friends pass out at the bar, however. I’ve also never forced my friends to drink. I’ve had many drinks purchased for me, and I’ve purchased a couple rounds for my friends. I cannot imagine one of my best friends dying because of alcohol, but I think I would be pretty damn sure if someone needed medical attention. Unless of course, this girl passed out and threw up every single time she drank. None of my friends do this, so it would be totally out of the norm. On the other hand, maybe the friends didn’t want Amanda’s parents to find out she was drinking, and takin her to the hospital would probably def. reveal that. Anyways, I don’t agree with what the friends did. If it was one of my friends, their asses would have been going to the ER BUT… I don’t think Amanda’s parents are right at all. They aren’t helping anyone through this tragic time, but themselves. Some of these girls just lost a very good friend and now they are being sued. Hopefully, they get nothing from it. They need to realize that Amanda was the one who chose to drink, I’m sure she poured the alcohol down her own throat, and I’m sure she didn’t refuse any of the drinks that were given to her. Her parents are putting the blame on everyone else, when it was Amanda who caused her own death. The bar shouldn’t have even been shut down, she was 21, and others were buying drinks. How were they suppose to know that she was totally wasted when apparently she hardly even approached the bar to order drinks.
My 21rst birtjhday was quite some time ago. Tess you were probably in diapers at that time.
My old (as oppsed to X) girlfriend came down and visited me. I had been drinking before I was 21, so when 21 came around it was no big deal. Yes now I could go into bars on my own rather than drive over state lines (I was grandfathered in the State of Vermont).
While Amanda’s death was unfortunate, there are stories of many people in this site who killed other people accidentally, she was not one of them.
To the parents (or maybe sperm donor and egg hatchery) – if Amanda killed someone, would it be fair that the victim’s next of kin sue you???
A simple passed-out drunk is not considered a medical emergency unless it’s known that she drank enough to cause death. (.3 is around the point where people tend to start passing out; generally they start dying at around .4 or so.)
I knew someone who was actually taken to ER after passing out drunk. The ER staff put her on a cot in the corner, checked on her once in awhile, and woke her after several hours. She was diagnosed with “alcohol intoxication” and discharged, still drunk, without getting any actual treatment whatsoever. She might as well have stayed at home.
Meaghan, I’m well aware that passing out is not a sign that someone needs medical attention. I was trying to imply that I know my friends well enough to know the difference. I don’t put the blame on anyone but Amanda.
That was a nice commentary from someone who is around the same age. You sound pretty responsible for being so young. You need a pat on the back, Tress. It would have been better if Amanda had had a friend like you along.
Thank you Kim :o)
Wow, talk about ungrateful.
These parents should be rewarding their daughter’s friends who took her drunk ass home.
They could have handed her some keys and sent her on her merry way… and she could have wiped out an innocent family or two along the way. I doubt they’d be too happy getting their asses sued for their daughter killing people with her drunk driving.
I saw these parents on the telly, and they sure didn’t like having to admit their darling had a least 2 other DUIs before she was even legal. Could have killed plenty of people each time. They really tried to downplay how much she drank and how often.
If my daughter had already had 2 dui’s before they were 21, then on her 21st birthday I’d have a pretty good clue that she’d get shitfaced again. Her parents should have made arrangements to check and make sure she was ok at the end of the night. She was already shitfaced by 12am, so they wouldn’t even have had to stay up late.
Or, they could have been more involved with her life, and perhaps had a little sit-down with her the FIRST time she got a dui. Not even mentioning the fact that they were her PARENTS, if she’d killed someone, the parents would be the one’s getting sued. Even to cover their own asses, they should have been on top of what a drunk their daughter was. They should be thankful that it was their daughter that died, and not some innocent family that didn’t make a habit of admittedly drinking to the point of brain fugue (her parents weren’t interested enough in her to peek at her myspace?), of claiming addiction to drinking games, and of making lists of sexual positions while drunk and seranading passers-by.
Luckily, she only killed herself. And none too soon, I think. The possibilities of future horrific DUIs, and the string of baby-daddies that come with being a drunk wasn’t exactly a positive thing.
I hate sounding so harsh on parents, but puhleeese. It is quite obvious where this girl learned her lack of personal responsibility from. Judges should be allowed to laugh people out of court, and give fines for wasting their time.
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Amen to that!
I’m really glad that no “friends of the family” have come on this one to say “YOU DONT NOW THE DEETAILS!!!1!1!one!”
I suppose a family this grasping probably drove AWAY all possible family friends.
admin – We’d like to buy you a beer.
Hmmm I’m thinking that the parents should sue themselves next for neglect… where were they to step in after her 1st DUI let alone her 2nd one?
I saw the two parents on one of the morning news shows, and it is apparent that they are/were in heavy denial. They both sat there glassy eyed and proper. Their rationale for suing the friends was so circular it made me laugh out loud. They said that the friends who bought her drinks should have stopped when they saw she was drunk; however, how do people who are just as drunk make that judgement?
I am not sure that their stupidity is hell worthy; but they have certainly on the road to making their lives a living one. When this all gets to court there will be many facts about their daughter that they do no want to know. They made their bed, and it won’t be a soft landing.
sorry about the typo: …that they do not want to know.
oops.
Suing in general is all about greed. Someone else has always got money that someone wants so just sue their butt off. its easy.
Most people sue because they know, no matter how stupid the suit is, they have a real good shot at getting the insurance companies to offer a settlement.
No matter how frivilous it is, if there is even a tiny chance of a stupid bleeding-heart jury siding with the plaintiff, the insurance will usually cough up a smaller amount, rather than fight. They claim it’s “cost-effective”.
So, what we need to so as a society, to end this shit, is twofold:
Number 1 – allow an independent mediator decide how much the award or settlement is appropriate for the damages.
Number 2 – Make tort lawyers (note – the LAWYERS, not the clients) pay stiff penalties if they lose a case.
So basically, this would prevent lawyers from taking stupid bullshit cases, since their chance of getting a million dollar payout would go way down, and it would actually COST them if it was too frivilous.
So, in this case… The mediator might say – a fair settlement amount would be $200k, and the max that they could win at trial would be $350k.
To make it even less likely that the insurance companies would settle bogus claims, there could be two additional things put in place: – Laws that allow the INSURED (ie: the defendant) to demand that the insurance company not settle, and maybe give the insurance companies a tax deduction or something for any amount between the mediator determined settlement and the max award, if the max award is given. (Encourage them to fight the claims).
Our civil legal system is broken – seriously broken, and something needs to be done. But it won’t happen, because the lawyers own the playing field LOL.
Parents these days are not doing their kids any favors by not holding them responsible for thier own actions. They are constantly blaming other people for the things thier children do of thier own free will. Always blaming others and never themselves for not raising thier children to think about consequences. It is sad, that is why there are so many people to read about on this site. Most are of the latest generation of “adults” who know nothing of consequence or accountability. I hope I am raising my children better.
Drunk people who are with other drunk people do not realize that anyone is drunk. I am sorry but young people do not think about dying. It does not occur to them to go to the er for anything unless it is a broken arm that is so obvisious that you can’t avoid it. The parents are fools who don’t want to admit that their daughter was an alcoholic. On the other hand it would have been nice for this young lady to grow up and out of this stage. Everyone acts stupid when they are young but most of us are given the chance to see how foolish we acted.
I don’t understand why people always say that. “Young people don’t think about dying”. I am only 21 and I am well aware that the grim reaper could be knocking at my door tonite, have been since I was 10! I just must be overly paranoid:)
These parents are classic enablers. How is it everyone elses fault when their daughter chose to drink till she died? I must admit for my 21st a few months ago I drank quite a bit, and I also knew my limt and knew when to stop. I’m sure she just ignored her body and wanted to drink as much as possible. Even if her friends tried to stop her she probably may not have listened and just continued to drink the nite away. It looks to me like she was crying out for attention. She already had an eating disorder and a severe alchohol addiction by age 21. Most likely brought on by her parents who look like they don’t like to directly deal with issues and would rather skirt their way around things.